4. How to Do Life

Complete story — includes the ending

Piper grapples with her new job. Maritza reunites with Flaca, who is able to contact Maritza's estranged mother. However, Flaca is told that Maritza was born in Colombia and does not have a U.S. birth certificate. Tamika creates new prison education programs; Maria and Cindy find solace in Caputo's restorative justice class, while Pennsatucky takes part in a GED course. Lorna finds out from her husband that Sterling had tragically died from pneumonia; Lorna refuses to accept Sterling's death and maintains the belief that her child is still alive. A suicidal Taystee tries to buy fentanyl from Daya, who has become the prison's kingpin. Daya refuses to make the offer. Taystee later attempts to hang herself, but she backs out at the last second. Flashback: Gloria moves to New York and chooses to leave her daughters in Puerto Rico, promising that they will be together eventually. When it is time for Gloria's daughters to relocate, they refuse to do so, resentful of Gloria's decision to move.